Single Edge Razor Acquisition Thread.

[jruschme]

Here what I got yesterday - my first SE

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Nice one and a good start with SE razors.

I'm curious. I'm mostly familiar with Russian DE razors. Did Gem/EverReady-style razors have much popularity in the former Soviet Union? Are SE blades made in Russia or do you use American-made Gem blades?

 

[Mougrim]

Nice one and a good start with SE razors.

I'm curious. I'm mostly familiar with Russian DE razors. Did Gem/EverReady-style razors have much popularity in the former Soviet Union? Are SE blades made in Russia or do you use American-made Gem blades?

Never heard about any SE-razors made in my country or at least in any vicinity, only about DE and cut-throat ones. I guess when they begun to made safety razors in USSR, SE razors were pretty much exotics.

As for blades, I bought 50 uncoated stainless ones shave-grade blades from Personna, they're available here - people buy them for car scrapers.

 

[tagir.dn]

In the USSR didn't do such a razor.

Mostly they were brought by the diplomats.

I'm trying to sharpen a steel blade.

Most likely, you edit them like razors

 

[User 306]

Eveready Streamline and Gem PTFE

 

[KeenDogg]

Here what I got yesterday - my first SE

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Very nice, Mougrim!

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[KeenDogg]

Picked up a Damaskeene for 9 bucks a couple weeks back. Curved cap, "USE ONLY" stamping. Shaves very nicely.


Kindly,
Adam

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[Mlee]

Picked up a Damaskeene for 9 bucks a couple weeks back. Curved cap, "USE ONLY" stamping. Shaves very nicely.


Kindly,
Adam

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Nice one!

 

[KeenDogg]

Nice one!

Thank you, good sir!

 

[Mougrim]

Very nice, Mougrim!

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Thank you!

 

[Mlee]

Here's a few after clean up pictures of the Lather Catcher that I found yesterday. These are beautiful razors, it's amazing how much detail they put onto these razors, especially compared to what they make today.

 

[Chan Eil Whiskers]

So pretty. Thanks. These are amazingly looking tools.

You shave with these? I know very little about them.

Happy shaves,

Jim

 

[oldmpf]

Shame about the cost of shipping etc from USA, but finally got hold of what seems to be a hard to find Razor:-
The Schick N1, no blade/blank looks as though may be unused.

 

[Mlee]

So pretty. Thanks. These are amazingly looking tools.

You shave with these? I know very little about them.

Happy shaves,

Jim

Thanks.

I haven't yet but I will soon, maybe tonight.

I don't know much about them either but I'm learning.

 

[Chan Eil Whiskers]

Thanks.

I haven't yet but I will soon, maybe tonight.

I don't know much about them either but I'm learning.

I'll look for your report about the shave(s).

Happy shaves,

Jim

 

[tipster_621]

Here's a few after clean up pictures of the Lather Catcher that I found yesterday. These are beautiful razors, it's amazing how much detail they put onto these razors, especially compared to what they make today.

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Those old lather catchers are so cool looking! It must be like shaving with a piece of art.

I have almost all the "modern" vintage GEM/ER types, from the Damaskeene 1912 on up (no Sun Ray set yet), but none of the older scoop type lather catchers. I'm dying to find one in the wild!

Congrats on the find! Looking forward to hear about your first shave with it!

 

[chukka]

got 2 new buddy last week , the B1 is not that rare but the prima is not seen everywhere ,sadly it as a proprietary blade that's no more available , but i've found an old thread here and i have to mess around .
schick B1:

 

[chukka]

then the manufacture française d'armes et de cycles de saint etienne (thats the brand , know as manufrance) "prima":
a guy manage to made a blade out of a gem :
French Manufrance 3 Piece OC Le Barbu Razor

 

[LeGaulois]

Very beautiful razor.

 

[Mlee]

Those old lather catchers are so cool looking! It must be like shaving with a piece of art.

I have almost all the "modern" vintage GEM/ER types, from the Damaskeene 1912 on up (no Sun Ray set yet), but none of the older scoop type lather catchers. I'm dying to find one in the wild!

Congrats on the find! Looking forward to hear about your first shave with it!

Thanks, they are pretty cool. I didn't realize just how cool they were until I found an Ever Ready 1905 Lather Catcher about a month ago. It cleaned up nicely also.

I've shaved once with both of them now, the Star was great, I got a BBS with 2 passes and just a little irritation. The Ever Ready wasn't so good, but to be fair, I had no idea what I was doing. I didn't think about shimming the blade and it was a little loose. Maybe I'll give it another chance this weekend.

Here's a picture of the Ever Ready.

 

[chukka]

Very beautiful razor.

ll. thanks compatriote .